How to Use haunch in a Sentence

haunch

noun

• Through the chicken wire, Kielland pokes the lynx in a rear haunch.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2022
• The bear sat back on his haunches, his broad back leaning against the bars.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• In the photo above, the big yellow blob on the bee's haunch is a full pollen basket.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2015
• This dart flies true, striking the matriarch of the herd in the haunches.
  — David McKenzie, CNN, 29 June 2017
• There's more than a hint of sedan in its extended nose and a flair of Veloster in its haunches.
  — John Scott Lewinski, Ars Technica, 30 Apr. 2018
• Bimbo said, and moved his haunches so Softly could get in.
  — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
• Like the Kolkata street vendor who squats on his haunches from fatigue and nausea.
  — Somini Sengupta, The Seattle Times, 17 July 2018
• Those are just the latest in what promises to be a steady stream of blazes nibbling away at the Golden State’s bone-dry haunches.
  — Patrick May, The Mercury News, 10 June 2019
• Until every gov-corp was punched out and soldiers sat on their haunches in the sand, palms up like tired apes.
  — Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, 20 Nov. 2017
• Who Loved Me as a submarine—is elongated in the sketch, and features a Union Jack motif over the rear haunch.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 28 Jan. 2022
• Its shape looks far more graceful than that, with a low nose, wide rear haunches, and smooth contouring.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 5 Mar. 2020
• The big lion walked up, his eye catching the movement in our house, and then settled into his haunches to watch the action.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2018
• Then, as if my presence is sensed, there’s a howl from within, a bounding of a beast — presumably with great haunches and maybe two heads — for the door.
  — Andy Schatschneider, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2018
• Styling details at the back, like those raised haunches over the rear wheels and the floating roofline, conspire to make the hatchback look almost like a crossover, at least to my eyes.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2017
• Couple that core tenet with the more iconic shapes within the Batur’s bodywork, such as the wheel haunches, and a concept began to gel for Ferraresi.
  — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2023
• Within days of eating that haunch, the dinosaur — a juvenile Gorgosaurus that stood 5 and a half feet tall at the hip — ended up dead in a river.
  — Michael Greshko, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• Small overhangs push the vehicle’s massive wheels to the corners, and flowing lines stretch from the perky front fenders to the arching rear haunches.
  — Bradley Berman, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2018
• Vendors squat down low on their haunches, presiding over mounds of dried squid or bitter gourd.
  — Tom Downey, WSJ, 30 July 2017
• Dazed, the cat clings precariously to the tree fork, his haunches sagging, slowly dragging his body down the trunk.
  — Peter Radetsky, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
• There’s Leo the Lion, which kind of resembles the profile of a lion on its haunches but looks more like a backward question mark tipping over to the right.
  — Mike Lynch / Sky Watch, Twin Cities, 17 June 2017
• From its handsomely owl-like face to its taut haunches and raked rear roofline, this compact crossover looks quick standing still.
  — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 3 May 2024
• The Mustang Mach-E features the Mustang’s signature rear-haunch design and trademark tri-bar tail lamps.
  — NBC News, 18 Nov. 2019
• Still, when the verbal dust settled, a judge issued a 190-page opinion that surely set the big utility back on its haunches.
  — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 16 Jan. 2020
• Silva lies on Jake's bed, wearing nothing but a henley, as the camera surveys his bare haunches.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023
• But the Real ID version features, in the top right corner, a grizzly bear, the state’s official animal, with a white star on its haunch, like a hip tattoo.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2018
• The carbon-fiber exterior has a long nose, tall haunch and sharp edges, all of which combine to create as much downforce as possible.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2022
• In each case, the lions perched on their haunches and stayed motionless for 30 to 40 seconds, staring at me — and then, without a snarl, slinked off to the side and disappeared into the wildlands.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• Sitting on a plywood table just outside his house were ruby-red caribou haunches curing in the sun.
  — Zach Hughes, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
• The sedan has a kind of muscular grace, which is most effective at the rear, where its high belt line, brawny haunches and swooping, vertical taillights mesh nicely.
  — Daniel Miller, latimes.com, 11 May 2018
• While the lord of the manor and the upper crust feasted on a delectable haunch of venison, the gamekeeper and other servants had to settle for edible viscera.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024